A.
Off-street parking, loading, and unloading facilities shall be provided to lessen congestion in the streets. The facilities required herein shall be available throughout the hours of operation of the particular business or use for which such facilities are provided. As used herein, the term "parking space" includes either covered garage space or uncovered parking lot space located off the public street line.
B.
All parking spaces shall be ample in size for the vehicles for which use is intended. The standard parking space, measured inside and not including parking stall lines, shall be not less than 9.5 feet wide and 18 feet long. Parking stall lines shall be at minimum four inches in width. Outdoor parking space, and the approaches thereto, shall be paved. Such outdoor parking space shall not be used to satisfy any open space requirements of the lot on which it is located.
C.
Surfacing. Any off-street parking area shall be graded for proper drainage and shall be surfaced so as to provide a paved surface and shall be so arranged as to provide for orderly and safe parking and storage of vehicles. Temporary overflow parking, beyond the minimum required, must be durable and dustless and can include compacted gravel when approved by the Board of Supervisors.
D.
Lighting: in accordance with the Subdivision and Land Development Ordinance.
[Amended 4-12-2022 by Ord. No. 2022-O-06]
E.
There shall be adequate provisions for ingress and egress to all parking and loading spaces designed for use by employees, customers, delivery services, emergency service vehicles, salespeople and/or the general public. Where a parking or loading area does not abut on a street line or private alley or easement of access, there shall be provided an access drive or aisle that shall be 12 feet in width or greater and suitably graded and surfaced. Where the access is to required storage areas or loading and unloading spaces, the access drive or aisle shall be 18 feet or greater in width.
F.
Two-way aisles, accessing single- or double-parking bays, shall be no less than 24 feet in width. One-way aisle parking is permitted at thirty-, forty-five-, and sixty-degree angles. The permitted aisle width shall be no less than 19 feet.
[Amended 1-10-2023 by Ord. No. 2023-O-2]
G.
For other uses which do not fit into one of the categories listed in § 370-602, determination of the appropriate parking space requirement shall be submitted by the applicant to be reviewed and approved by the Zoning Officer, Planning Commission, and Board of Supervisors.
H.
Parking area screening. All nonresidential off-street parking areas which provide more than five parking spaces shall be screened from any abutting property zoned residential or used for residential purposes.
I.
All parking areas shall be designed in accordance with standards and guidelines established by the United States Department of Justice 2010 ADA Standards for Accessible Design, and the Pennsylvania Department of Labor and Industry Uniform Construction Code, as amended, restated, supplemented, or otherwise modified from time to time.
J.
Parking area restrictions.
(1)
All off-street parking areas, in all districts (except for motor vehicle service stations and automobile sales), shall be reserved and used for automobile parking only, with no sales, dead storage, repair work, dismantling or servicing of any kind.
(2)
In motor vehicle service stations, automobile body repair and paint shop and truck repair and sales, the parking of an automobile or truck for sale, storage, repair, dismantling or servicing of any kind, for any automobile not bearing a valid and current state inspection or current and valid vehicle registration, shall not exceed 30 days.
(3)
The parking of one commercial vehicle up to one-ton load capacity is permitted in residential districts if needed by an individual for their livelihood for a business not conducted on the premises; or one recreational vehicle dwelling is permitted to be parked and is not to be used for sleeping, as a short-term rental, recreational or living purposes at any time or in any way, shape or form. Commercial and recreational vehicles cannot be parked in any required setbacks or in front of any building.
(4)
Vehicles displaying commercial signs cannot be parked in the front yard of a commercial building/use or in a customer or required parking space. As used herein, "front yard" means the area from the front of the building to the street, for the entire length of the street frontage.
K.
Conditional parking reduction. To minimize the creation of excess parking spaces and impervious areas, the Board of Supervisors, after consulting with the Planning Commission and Township Engineer, may permit a conditional reduction of parking space under the following conditions:
(1)
The land development plan shall provide the parking requirements established by this chapter. The plan shall also provide a layout for the total number of parking spaces.
(2)
The conditional reduction shall not exceed 25% of the required number of parking spaces as specified in this chapter or a total number of parking spaces as proven by the applicant with credible evidence and approved by the Board of Supervisors. This initial phase of the parking provisions shall be clearly indicated on the plan.
(3)
The balance of the parking area conditionally reserved shall not include areas for required buffer yards, setbacks or areas that would otherwise be unsuitable for parking due to the physical characteristics of the land or other requirements of this chapter. The parking area which is conditionally reduced shall be located so as to provide usable open space if the additional parking spaces are not required. The developer shall provide a landscaping plan for the reserved area with the land development plan.
(4)
Land which has been determined and designated by the Board of Supervisors to remain as public or open space rather than as required parking shall not be used to provide parking spaces for any additional or future expansion of the business use.
L.
Off-street parking and loading space as required in this section shall be provided for all new buildings and structures and for additions to existing buildings or structures. The word "addition" as used above shall include any development (as defined), reconstruction, structural alteration, or alteration intended to enlarge or increase capacity by adding or creating dwelling units or gross floor area.
M.
Existing off-street parking or loading facilities provided at the effective date of this chapter and actually being used at that time in connection with the operation of an existing use shall not be reduced below the minimum required in this chapter.
N.
Whenever the existing use of a building, structure or land shall hereafter be changed to a new use, parking and loading facilities shall be provided as required for such new use. However, if the said building or structure was erected or the use of land established prior to the effective date of this chapter, additional parking or loading facilities are mandatory only in the amount by which the requirements of the new use would exceed this for the existing use.
O.
Shared parking: collective or mixed uses; off-street parking and loading requirements. Collective provision of off-street parking and loading facilities for two or more buildings or uses located on the same or adjacent lots is permitted to allow for the sharing of such facilities for commercial and mixed-use development. Reduction of parking is permitted if credible justification is provided by the applicant that peak period parking for each specific use is not needed. The applicant shall provide, in the traffic impact study, as required by the SALDO, credible evidence that the actual demand for parking will be met during peak business hours for all shared uses.
[Amended 1-10-2023 by Ord. No. 2023-O-2]
P.
Parking, access and circulation roads, driveways and loading and unloading area setbacks, unless specified in Article III, Use Regulations, and Article IV, Classification of Districts, as provided for in Table 7:
Table 7 Land Use Type Setbacks | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
Uses | Buildings (feet) | Street Line (feet) | Property Lines | |
Like Uses (feet) | Unlike Uses (feet) | |||
Single-family detached | 0 | NA | 5 | 5 |
Other residential | 53 | 10 | 102 | 1 |
Commercial/institutional | 10 | 15 | 10 | 1 |
Office/industrial | 10 | 15 | 10 | 1 |
Other uses | 10 | 15 | 10 | 1 |
NOTES: | |
1 | See § 370-806, Buffering, screening, and planting strip requirements. |
2 | No setback for attached dwelling units. |
3 | No setback for attached garages. |
Q.
Access drives and parking bays.
(1)
All access drives and parking bays shall be set back and buffered with a minimum planting strip of 10 feet when directly adjacent to building walls except in loading and unloading areas, drive-through lanes, and single-family detached dwellings. Single-family detached dwellings require a minimum planting strip of five feet, as shown on Table 7.
R.
Electric vehicle charging space standards.
(1)
All new, expanded, and reconstructed parking areas may provide the electrical capacity necessary to accommodate the future hardwire installation of electric vehicle charging spaces.
(2)
Parking configurations, stall dimensions, signage, and the installation of electric vehicle supply equipment shall be designed to the standards of this chapter, as approved by the Township.
(3)
At-home, personal chargers not associated with use H12, Electric vehicle charging station may be permitted to count toward the minimum parking requirements as outlined in this chapter.
[Amended 1-10-2023 by Ord. No. 2023-O-2]
(4)
At-home, personal chargers shall only to be used by occupants of the property, shall not be advertised or held out as available to the public, and are not required to meet the electric vehicle charging station standards of this chapter.
[Amended 1-10-2023 by Ord. No. 2023-O-2]